SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, INC. v. KING COUNTY

No. 63736-9.

128 Wn.2d 915 (1996)

913 P.2d 375

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, INC., Respondent, v. KING COUNTY, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney for King County, and Quentin R. Yerxa, Deputy; and Danielson, Harrigan & Tollefson, by Arthur W. Harrigan, Jr., Timothy G. Leyh, and Karl F. Oles, for petitioner.

Lathrop, Winbauer, Harrel & Slothower, by Frank S. Lathrop; Cone Gilreath, Ellis & Cole, by John P. Gilreath; Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, by Paul A. Harrel; and Edwards, Sieh, Hathaway, Smith & Goodfriend, P.S., by Catherine W. Smith, for respondent.


DURHAM, C.J.

This is a widely publicized contractual dispute between King County (County) and the Seattle Seahawks, Inc. (SSI). Both parties commenced legal actions in different counties on the same day. King County seeks review of a Kittitas County Superior Court order determining that the Kittitas County court has jurisdiction over this matter, and restraining the County from proceeding with its action in King County....

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